Patrick Coad Family Papers

This collection contains personal papers and a scrapbook written by or pertaining to Patrick Coad, inventor of the galvanic battery, and his family. These materials are owned by the American Catholic Historical Society and maintained at the Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (CHRC) 6740 Roosevelt Blvd., Philadelphia , PA 19149. For more information please see: http://www.chrc-phila.org/

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